Ideas and Insights: EP 202 Rewired: Protecting Your Brain In The Digital Age
Professor Rao talks with Dr. Carl Marci, a psychiatrist, has spent decades tracking the insidious impact of new media and communication technologies on our lives. Dr. Marci is a leader in the fields of social and consumer neuroscience. He also is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Drawing on scientific evidence and neuroimaging studies, Dr. Marci posits that new media has the potential to rewire our brains and cause immense damage to our mental health. His book, "Rewired: Protecting Your Brain in the Digital Age", published by Harvard University Press, explains why we have lost tech-life balance and what we can do to restore it.
